| Job Description: |
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville invites applications for an adult licensed psychologist. This position is a full-time faculty member at the non-tenure accruing level of Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor or full professor. The position entails outpatient provision of evidence-based assessment and treatment of adults (cognitive behavior therapy, family therapy, trauma-informed, interpersonal therapy etc.) and/or psychological testing. Successful candidates must be committed to working with diverse adult community populations. Preferred experience with providing psychotherapy for individuals, couples and groups, in addition to experience in grant writing and teaching. Expertise at the doctoral level would be extremely beneficial both for our patients and for our training programs. This position will be an integral part of our developing psychology post-doctoral fellowship program. This department is especially interested in candidates who can participate in the training and education for the department's general psychiatry residency and post-doctoral fellowship programs and contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through their research, teaching and/or service. The person filling this position will be expected to have their own therapy caseload. They will also provide clinical supervision and/or mentoring to master's level therapists and therapists in training (LMHC or social work interns) to ensure current, evidence-based practices are taught and offered to our patient population. There are opportunities for both clinical research and supervision and teaching in associated residency/internship programs. The successful candidate will have an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry. With excellent benefits package and salary depending on credentials and experience. Applicants must have a PhD and licensed or license eligible as a psychologist in Florida.
UF Health is Southeast’s premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation. UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine - Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia. The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.
The UF College of Medicine - Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of the best primary care providers and specialist throughout the region, the state and the country.
Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country's leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.
The UF College of Medicine - Jacksonville family, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission - to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.
To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visit https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.
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| Special Instructions to Applicants: |
The Search Committee will begin to review applications on January 19, 2026. Please provide letter of intent and Curriculum Vitae.
The final candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered "official" if a designation of "Issued to Student" is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.
The University of Florida is a public institution and subject to all requirements under the Florida Sunshine and Public Records laws. If accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call (352) 392-2HRS or the Florida Relay System at (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.
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